CMS Recognizes Joint Commission Critical Access Hospital Accreditation

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has again granted The Joint Commission deeming authority for the accreditation of critical access hospitals. The designation is effective November 21, 2011, through November 21, 2017, and means that critical access hospitals accredited by The Joint Commission may request to be “deemed” as meeting Medicare and Medicaid certification requirements.


From February 2012 EC News